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Chapter Three: Sirius vs. Carl-kun
Sirius walked up to the tall apartment building, looking at the piece of paper Nehszriah had given him. In the faint light from a nearby streetlamp he could confirm the address.
"Fish-chan, here I come."
Sirius followed Nehszriah's directions perfectly. She had told him how to get to the apartment Fish-chan was renting with some girlfriends from school. Supposedly, it was easier for Fish-chan to live away from Herfamiffapolous and in a discreet apartment complex. He took the elevator up to the third floor and walked quickly to the door of apartment "C". Taking a deep breath, he knocked on the door. He heard voices on the other end. One was Fish-chan, but the other was…
"Yeah?" a guy said, opening the door. This was Carl-kun, Fish-chan's new boyfriend. Slightly taller than Fish-chan, he barely came up to Sirius's shoulders. To his defense though, Sirius was a fairly tall guy at about six-two or so.
"Who are you?" Sirius asked.
"Who are you?" Carl-kun replied. Fish-chan, dress in what looked like purple pajamas, came to the door, saw Sirius and did a double-take.
"Sirius!" she squealed. She ran up to him and gave him a big hug. Both guys were utterly confused.
"Fish-chan…?" Carl-kun asked. "Who is this?"
"Oh…" Fish-chan said. She just realized what she had done. She never did break up with Sirius, she was kind of dragged away. Now she had two boyfriends, even though there could only possibly be room for one.
"Hello, I am Sirius," Sirius said, holding out his hand. Carl-kun took and shook it.
"Carl-kun. I'm pleased to meet you… so far."
"Come in Sirius," Fish-chan said. She closed the door behind him and led him to the living room, where an episode of Inu-Yasha was paused on the television screen.
"What brings you all the way from Herfamiffapolous?" Carl-kun asked, folding his arms.
"I didn't come from there," Sirius replied, sitting down on the couch. He looked around to find the room was fairly clean for an apartment rented by a bunch of teenagers. The décor even looked as if an adult had furnished it.
"Carl-kun," Fish-chan said nervously. "Remember the trip to England I talked to you about?"
"Yes…?"
"The one where I was gone for six months?"
"Go on…"
"Well, Sirius and I were a couple then."
"Then you broke up with him when you had to leave, right?"
Fish-chan was at a loss. It was so nerve-wracking. She never even guessed that the Maraurders could find their way to the future with a dangerous portkey that could kill them with one false move.
"I never broke up with Sirius. I left on short notice and we never broke off ties," Fish-chan admitted. Carl-kun glared at Sirius. His eyes then floated upward, causing Sirius to only see the whites of his eyes. It was obviously meaning to be scary, but it took all Sirius had not to laugh.
"Fish-chan," Sirius said, successfully holding down a small snicker. "Is Carl-kun your new boyfriend?"
"Yes," she sighed. Her face went deep red with embarrassment and she refused to look at both guys. Sadly, Sirius stood up and started to walk in a morose fashion towards the door.
"Where do you think you're going?" Carl-kun asked, his eyes having gone normal again.
"I'm going to leave you two alone. This is clearly a date I intruded on and I don't want to be a bother," Sirius said solemnly. He put his hand on the doorknob and was bout to turn it when Carl-kun clenched his forearm and forcefully ripped it away from the door.
"Two things. One: Who sent you here?"
"Nehszriah gave me the address," Sirius said truthfully. Carl-kun muttered something about Nehszriah being a "bloody traitor".
"Fine. Two: You can't leave yet, we still have something to settle," he said as he walked over to the other room. "Don't move now!" Sirius and Fish-chan could hear him rummaging through things and cursing to himself when objects dropped on his foot or head.
"We have something to settle?"
"I'm really sorry," Fish-chan cried. She was sniffling and on the very edge of tears. Sirius went and hugged her.
"Don't worry. You can be with Carl-kun if you want," he whispered. It nearly killed him on the inside to say that, but it would potentially stop Carl-kun from doing whatever he was going to do, for it felt considerably dangerous. Fish-chan just pushed him away and sat down on the couch.
Damn, Sirius thought. Why me, of all wizards to deal with this?
"All right," Carl-kun said, returning with two wooden swords. He gave one to Sirius and walked over to the other side of the room. Spinning around, Carl-kun faced his opponent in a fighter's stance.
"Umm… what are we doing?" Sirius asked. He was slightly confused.
"It is a duel for Fish-chan," Carl-kun said. Fish-chan stood up and walked away, this time angry, not doleful.
"I'm not all that good at dueling," Sirius laughed. He really was excellent at wizards' duels, but clearly this guy either was Muggle or thought Sirius to be, so he just kept his mouth shut.
"Tetsuaiga!" Carl-kun yelled. This confused Sirius even more, not knowing what a "Tetsuaiga" was.
"Umm…?"
Carl-kun sniffed the air, shifted his spot and then violently swung the sword, still staying over on the other side of the room.
"WINDSCAR!" he cried.
Sirius was outright baffled. Nothing had happened, but Carl-kun acted as if something had. He did a little duck-and-roll move and swung again, still nowhere near Sirius.
"BAKARYUHA!" he yelled. Sirius just stood there, a annoyed look pasted across his face.
"This is stupid," Sirius groaned.
"No, this is a duel!" Carl-kun said in a dub-over voice. "My elder youkai brother Sessho-maru sent you over to steal my Kagome from me! You do not fool me Koga! Come and fight me!"
Sirius raised his eyebrow.
"What are you talking about?"
"You know what I'm talking about… wolf!"
"I'm not a wolf," Sirius said.
Remus is.
"I can smell Sessho-maru on you," Carl-kun snarled.
"Stop that Carl-kun!" Fish-chan yelled from the other room, sounding quite flustered.
"Sessho-maru… Koga… in cahoots!"
"Not amusing!"
"I shall smite thee wolf youkai!" Carl-kun said with vigor. "Windscar!" He swung his sword again and tried to land a blow on Sirius, who dodged gracefully.
"No sword fights in the apartment!" Fish-chan yelled.
"I'd listen to her," Sirius said. Carl-kun swung again and Sirius caught the sword with his hands.
"Damn you," Carl-kun growled. He gave up his sword and grabbed a coat from in the small kitchenette. "I'm going home. See you tomorrow Fish-chan." With that, he turned towards the door.
"Does this mean I won?"
"No, just that I need to change strategies."
"Oh, that Carl-kun!" Fish-chan cried once he left. She came out of the next room, her face red from crying and sniffling horribly.
"Oh, please don't cry Fish-chan," Sirius said. Fish-chan welcomed his hug this time and she clutched him tight herself.
"Are you here alone?" she asked.
"No. James and Remus came too. Peter was too chicken."
"Good," Fish-chan half laughed. "Do you have to be somewhere?"
"No, why?"
"I wanted to see if you'd watch television with me," she smiled. Fish-chan sat down and restarted the Inu-Yasha anime. Sirius sat down next to her and she curled up into his side. Sirius liked this. He felt a bit guilty though, for he knew Carl-kun was pissed off at him. It barely matter now, he was with his Fish-chan for the first time in what felt like ages. They silently watched the anime together, Sirius finally learning what all those things Carl-kun had said meant. Both gradually fell asleep and wouldn't be woken for hours afterwards.
Yes, Fish-chan officially now has two boyfriends. What a female pimp. -giggles- The computer says there is no thesaurus word for pimp. I know there is somewhere. -cackles- Alright, enough of "Beat on Fish". Well, please review now. Much appreciated. bows Domo Arigato. -makes clicking noise-